The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-03

crate army but since has become Republican,
and occupies his seat in the Senate by virtue Of
having been elected by that party.
There is every evidence of prosperity in Nash
vile, and there is no doubt but that it is de-
termined to become ore Of the leading cities OF
the South While there the writer met several
OF our indianapolis citizens engaged in different
enterprises, among them Mr. n. F. Holmes, who
has the contract for building the new water
works The members of the United Lumber
mems Association express themselves in the
highest terms OF the cordial treatment received
while in Nashville, and more especially to the
State and city officials, also the local lum bermen.
Leaving Nashville at night we soon reached
viz, Birmingham. and. to put it mildly
the scenes enacted in the old frontier
days are not circumstance The prices
being paid there for town lots is simply
fabulous. The statement was made that no
visitor ever left without at least buying an
option On town lot. hardly think the record
| remains unbroken, as our Indianapolis delega-
ton had been through something of the same
kind OF times, and options. Lots did not sell
very we'll the day we were there. There is no
doubt but Birmingham will, in the future, be
large manufacturing place, as it has the neces-
| sary iron coal and timber to make it so.
Our next stop was Montgomery, Ala. The
train reached the latter city at about 8 o'clock,
| and was received by committees of the lumber
| mer of that city and escorted to the City Hall.
| where they were received by the Mayor. and
| auet at the Exchange Hotel. Montgomery seems
| to be enjoying unusual amount of prosperity
| this season. and looks as If it had in a manner
| been born again ''since the wah."
Leaving Montgomery the next morning we
! journeyed on south and made several stops at
| different mills between Montgomery and
Mobile. The one noticeable thing that impressed
our party was the convicts employed in the saw
| road Be it said to the everlasting disgrace
| OF the State of Alabama that it Is
| crying shame the way and manner they treat
| them AT one place we stopped they employ
| about forty five of these convicts, and we hap
/ pened there just at meal time The meal con-
sisted Of beans, piece of raw pork and a chunk
| of corn-meal baked only enough to hold it to-
| gether. The guard who, by the way. resembled
| more clay-eat than anything else. drove them
| up to their meal more like drove of hogs than
| human beings, with shotgun in one hand anu
| revolver in the other. ! heard many uncompli-
| mentary remarks upon this subject by the party,
and it is safe to cay that none of the party will
| employ this kind of labor for while, at least.
Arriving at Mobile in the evening, about IA
o'clock, the party was marched up to Temper
ance Hall and received by the Mayor and
the party divided and proceeded to look the
town over. Mobile has every evidence of hav-
ing seen her best days, for while they are doing
| more or less in way of shipping the trade seems
to have BEEN and is being diverted from them.
| There is but very little evidence Of crowd and
push Our party expected to spend Sunday at
| Mobile, but having heard that the new license
| law was in force at New Orleans concluded to
put up there for Sunday and test the quality of
the new law-nothing else. We arrived in New
Orleans in the morning, and, as matter of
course, it rained (who ever went there that it
didn't and by noon boats and floats on
| the side streets of the city were at a
| premium. and it was almost impossible to get
| anywhere. The Same condition of affairs seems
| to exist in New Orleans as at Mobile, and the
evidences of the 'befo' de wah" prosperity are
gradually disappearing. There seemed to be a
general complaint about the duilness of times in
and around the city. Speaking of the new
license law they are now trying to enforce, from
the appearances they don't make much better
Roadway there than in some other places know
OF. inquired OF a party what the penalty for
violating the law was, and he answered $3.50
fine and imprisonment. / remarked that if the
law was enforced that day they would have to
arrest every saloon keeper in the CITY, as it GER
tainly looked as if every one of them was keep
ing oper house Our party saw about as much
as they could in as short time, and many ex-
pressions of disappointment were made. All ex
pected to find much more of city than they did
The party left New Orleans on Sunday night,
and went direct from there to Pensacola Fla.
whore they were met and royalty entertained by
the citizens. 1t IS. perhaps, the largest ship
ling port for lumber in this country. and no less
than loo vessels were in the harbor loading for
all parts of the world. Our party were
very highly pleased with this city and enjoyed
| the sights shown them, among other things .
very extended trip on the bay, and visit to the
hayward and Fort Pickens. At the latter
| piace are confined the Indian chief Geronimo
and number of his tribe, who attract much at
, tention from the visitors to the fort. The ex
cursion left Pensacola in the evening about
o'clock, and made the run direct to Birmingham
where. after spending several hours looking ovel
the city, they started for Cincinnati
Before leaving Birmingham Of the pleas
ATTEST events took place Mr. Henry Coburn
on behalf of the Indiana lumbermen presented
to Mr.. Fl. c. Wight an elegant gold headed cane
Mr.. w was very much surprised, and responded
to the presentation in feeling manner TIL,
excursion was under the direct supervision o
Mr.. Wight, who is president of the association
and nothing was left undone by him to maxi
the trip one of pleasure and enjoyment TIL,
writer is under many obligations to Mr.. Wigh
for courtesies extended, also to Mr.. Strahlman
of the L. & N. road; Mr.. Thruston, of Nash
vile, and to many others, both on the excursion
and at points visited. The party reached Gin
cinnati on the evening of the 27th after being OF
the road nine days. wo D.
Carpet for Sale.